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How much proof is there that smart tvs and phones listen to you? (suppo.fi)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@suppo.fi to c/privacy@programming.dev

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Like, we all know they're listening , but can we provide proof?

My friend was complaining about all the new super surveillance that will be government required in cars after 2027, and I said to him dude you have a stock android, you use every AI slop feature, you use a smart TV on your unsecured network, and uses x every day. They have everything they could possibly need on him. Oh and he posts questionable things to fb daily under his real name.

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[–] boomzilla@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't know about Apple. My impression is that they take privacy pretty serious. Android though has since a few version ago a green dot in the notification area that indicates when the microphone is active. Also you can set the apps to always ask the user if they want grant the permission for microphone recording. There are also buttons to deactivate the microphone and camera completely.

So yeah it's easier then ever with current Android versions to not be spied on if the user invests 5 mins to set the microphone and camera permissions of all apps to always ask when used. Like you said other spying IOT devices and data retention (at least for traffic data) at the provider level pose a much greater risk for surveillance.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

Don't know about Apple. My impression is that they take privacy pretty serious.

They do not, but they are excellent at convincing people that they do. They put on a hell of a show and say the right things and publicly advertise their marketing kill switch, but under the hood they're doing all the same things themselves generally.

Not to say they're not better than others, because the bar is waaaaay down there.